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Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum

11:39am

(AP) A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum...

Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses

4:37am

(AP) The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of...

Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions

1:37am

(AP) President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday.

(AP) Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could...

AP EXCLUSIVE: US war games send signal to Assad

5:42pm

(AP) Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks...

Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo

4:41pm

(AP) A key committee in the Republican-led House moved Tuesday toward approving a tough enforcement-focused immigration bill, over objections from Democrats and disruptions...

House committee takes up tough immigration bill

12:41pm

(AP) Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even...

Seeking a Syria consensus despite US-Russia divide

8:39am

House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill

5:36am

Afghan president's forces taking security lead

3:37am

(AP) Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring...

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

1:37am

(AP) Iran's newly elected president pledged on Monday to follow a "path of moderation" and promised greater openness over the country's nuclear program, but sided with the...

Iran's Rowhani urges 'path of moderation'

10:37am

Obama in N. Ireland; speech, G-8, Putin on tap

4:36am

IRS official contradicts claims about reviews

3:39am

(AP) Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who was allowed to travel to the U.S. after escaping from house arrest, said Monday that New York University is forcing him and his...

Chinese activist says he's being forced out by NYU

3:39am

(AP) British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering Monday for the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and...

UK's Cameron rallies world leaders to N.Ireland

2:37am

UK's Cameron rallies world leaders to NIreland

1:37am

(AP) Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul's central...

Turkey unrest goes on despite end to park protest

10:36pm

Egypt seen to give nod toward jihadis on Syria

5:37pm

(AP) It's as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself.

Glasnost on the Potomac under Obama? Not quite

9:36am

Separate attacks kill 32 people across Iraq

8:36am

LONDON — Phone call logs, credit-card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook messages and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

Steer clear of the snoops

11:28pm

How not to wind up in an intelligence report

'M' or 'F'? IDs still cause angst, but transgender tide is turning

11:22pm

About half of U.S. states allow residents to revise gender designations more easily.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado sheriff said firefighters “are getting the upper hand” on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape the blaze has...

Colo. wildfire claims nearly 500 homes

11:00pm

Firefighters further contain blaze, but certain areas appear as if they were hit by ‘nuclear bomb.’

NKorea proposes talks with Washington

10:36pm

(AP) About 1,000 protesters complaining about the high cost of staging the World Cup demonstrated in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just hours before Brazil played...

Brazilians protest high cost of hosting World Cup

9:36pm

(AP) Just weeks after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election victory in 2005, Iran's top nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani stepped down from the post after quarrelsome meetings with...

Iran's Rowhani seeks 'constructive interaction'

12:37pm

(AP) The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew...

Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

10:37am

(AP) Firefighters advanced against a monstrous wildfire outside of Colorado Springs, expanding containment lines and lifting evacuation orders for thousands of anxious...

Some evacuations lifted in destructive Colo. fire

9:36am

(AP) In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on...

Secret to Prism success: Even bigger data seizure

8:37am

(AP) President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading.

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats

4:38am

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